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Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality

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12/20/2016

... media discusses growth in the independent workforce and its benefits for employers, workers discuss the difficulty in ... media and social media analysis of conversation relating to independent workers,...

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Century Foundation Fellow: Will Trump’s ACA Order Reduce Burden or Shift It to Patients?

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01/25/2017

... Fellow: Will Trump’s ACA Order Reduce Burden or Shift It to Patients? In an executive order signed on his first ... Fellow: Will Trump’s ACA Order Reduce Burden or Shift It to Patients? ...

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Five More Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles

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01/31/2017

... Institute announced today that five cities have joined its global initiative to help city leaders plan and prepare for the emergence of ... principles and tools that cities around the world can use to...

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Community Development

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Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies

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02/15/2017

Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits ... for eye problems have mild conditions, and recommends ways to help those patients get the right level of care. The ... insurance over a 14-...

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With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It

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03/09/2017

... Flooding By Welcoming It For decades, New Orleans fought to keep water out of the city. In the city's new resilience ... projects that will break ground later in 2017, the goal is to let water in—which...

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Environment and Climate Change

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NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment

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03/28/2017

NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment The National ... Council of Nonprofits is putting out an urgent call to all nonprofits and foundations to sign on...

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Nonprofit Trailblazers Unite for Third Annual American Express Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit

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04/03/2017

... Academy Global Alumni Summit American Express will host its third annual Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit in ... Changemakers, Common Purpose, and Independent Sector, to discuss best practices for...

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MetLife Foundation Announces Sponsorship of “Multipliers of Prosperity” for a Third Year

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04/05/2017

... a Third Year MetLife Foundation today proudly announces its third year as sponsor of Multipliers of Prosperity, an ... in the realm of financial inclusion. According to the World Bank’s Global Findex*, there...

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Economic Security

Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness

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04/05/2017

... Forgiveness, some student loan borrowers were supposed to be able to have the balance of their student loans forgiven after ten ... the Public Service Loan Forgivenes program during its early...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art

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04/20/2017

... Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts recently awarded $100,000 to the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually

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04/26/2017

... care costs associated with obesity and diabetes, according to a new study released Tuesday by the Harvard T.H. Chan ... in sales once the county's tax kicks in. A proposal to tax sugary drinks in Illinois...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Ford Foundation Study Cites 'Unfairness' as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs

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05/01/2017

... Flight from Tech Jobs A new study, billed as the first of its kind, by the Ford Foundation and the Kapor Center for Social Impact set out to better understand why people leave theoretically cush ... more...

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The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare

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05/15/2017

The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare The Peterson Center on ... plans for transforming healthcare in America. It's looking to improve quality while lowering costs by bringing...

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Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It

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05/19/2017

... Talent and Human Resources team and asked us to create a professional development program for graduates of ... BPI, which gives incarcerated men and women an opportunity to earn a Bard College degree while...

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Conrad Hilton Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Noted Among Philanthropic Heroes of Refugee Crisis

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05/24/2017

... Heroes of Refugee Crisis The Syrian conflict is now in its seventh year. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), ... The plan calls for more than $4.6 billion for the partners...

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Ford, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted

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06/07/2017

... Investing Highlighted In 2015, the United Nations laid out its Sustainable Development Goals to track global progress against massive social and ... social good improvement committed $22.1 billion to...

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Rockefeller Foundation-Backed Executive Survey Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top

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06/08/2017

... Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top A just-released survey by Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) ... generally, while assessing their own company's ability to develop women leaders as...

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Markle Foundation: Trump's Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training

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06/13/2017

... Building with Job Training President Trump has started to lay out his principles for a $1 trillion makeover of ... electrical grid, and air traffic control system. His plan to modernize America’s...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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NY Women's Foundation's Oliveira Discusses Women and Rikers in NYN Media Insights Podcast

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06/30/2017

... in the criminal justice system. Since then, the movement to close Rikers has gotten support from Mayor de Blasio. Here to talk about the results of the study, and its effects, are Ana...

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